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Region discussing sustainable growth and development strategies
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Government and business leaders from across the Caribbean are gathered here this week along with international donor and lending agencies to take stock of how they have bee
Bahamas PM warns crime and political agendas can hinder growth
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The prime minister of this archipelago of islands warns that crime, poor planning and the politicization of development agendas threatens the future viability of Caribbean
DRAFT EPA MODEL BILLS UP FOR CONSIDERATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Legislative drafters from regional states signatory to the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARI
Despite Assurances by Brazil’s President, Another Day of Demonstrations
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Another round of demonstrations unfolded in cities throughout Brazil on Saturday, after many in the country’s sweeping protest movement angrily dismissed an effort by Presiden
US resumes migration talks with Cuba
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States says it will resume migration talks with Cuba after a long suspension.
Mandela in critical condition
JOHANNESBURG (AP): Nelson Mandela was up to last night listed in critical condition after the South African government announced a deterioration in his health.
Former government minister dies
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former finance minister Sir Richard Christopher Haynes has died after a prolonged battle with throat cancer. He was 77.
First Lady of Burkina Faso to visit Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The First Lady of Burkina Faso, Chantal Compaoré is scheduled to arrive here on Monday as part of a delegation from the West African country.
Support for the fight against human trafficking
KINGSTON, Jamaica - JAMAICA'S law-enforcement agencies should feel a sense of achievement with news of the country's removal from the United States' State Department trafficking in persons Tier 2
Christians protest Court challenge to buggery law
KINGSTON, Jamaica - HUNDREDS of Christians staged two mass meetings at opposite ends of the island yesterday in protest against a challenge to the buggery law scheduled to be heard in the Supreme
Caribbean becoming hotbed for film production
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Halfway through Godfather II, a tense scene unfolds in which Michael Corleone watches from the back seat of a taxi as a rebel blows himself up on a street in
Jamaica triples earnings from creative industry
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Government marketing agency, Jamaica Promotions (Jampro) is aiming to attract overseas jobs for Jamaican animators within the context of the country tripling its year-on-year
School children and violence
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - SOMETIMES WE JUST do not want to accept some of the unsavoury things happening in our society. We would rather pretend that the situation does not exist.
Police issue warnings as opposition leader plans one-man protest
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The St.
PM denies lack of consultation ahead of budget
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has dismissed suggestions that his administration has not engaged in public consultations ahead of the presentation of the 2013-14 nationa
Guyanese named President of US University
ATLANTA, Georgia, CMC – The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia has voted unanimously in appointing a Guyanese academic as the ninth president of Fort Valley State University.
Ja, US team up on climate change, environmental best practices
KINGSTON, Jamaica - JAMAICA and the United States last Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see greater co-operation between both countries on matters related to climate
Air traffic controllers ordered back on the job
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Air Traffic Controllers who took industrial action on Saturday, were ordered to return to work following the granting of a court injunction obtained by the Ministry of La
US claims relatives fueling Haitian migrant smuggling
MIAMI, CMC – A high-ranking United States military official claims that Haitian family members in South Florida are possibly behind a “dangerous new trend” in the smuggling of undocumented Haitia
Reasons to Have Hope in Haiti, One By One
More than most countries, Haiti seems to be defined by its statistics: 80% of the population living below the poverty line; the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere; 316,000 killed in the 20
